Speeders to pay extra for police fuel
In an Atlanta suburb, offenders will face $12 'surcharge' on top of
ticket
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20080618/1a_bottomstrip18_dom.art.htm

My cars goes from getting 34 mpg to 41 mpg when I drive 55 mph
instead of 70 mph. It is safer, quieter, less stressful, and more
relaxing. So what kind of edyot would drive over 70? It's the people
with self-inflated egos who think saving 10 minutes is worth

June 20, 2008,  10:21 am
The Illusion of Miles Per Gallon
By Richard S. Chang
Quiz time: Which of the following would save more fuel?

I knew with high gasoline prices steam would be tried again...
http://engineeringtv.com/blogs/etv/archive/2008/06/03/cyclone-external-combustio
n-engine.aspx

Where's our Central Park?
Putting a 'lid' over the 101 Freeway could give L.A. the gathering
place it needs.
By Vaughan Davies

Via far.com politics...
http://go.fark.com/cgi/fark/go.pl?i=3664234&l=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12
1305642257659301.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj
on and from the fark discussion thread... this:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/TStatic/ShahNuclearPlants488.jpg

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece
Single cell critters make oil eat agricultural waste.
I wonder.... a car with a diesel engine, a stainless steel tank, a
packet of this modified yeast as a starter... make your own fuel at

http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=driving
06/22/2008: JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - The U.S. energy secretary said yesterday that insufficient oil production, not financial speculation, was driving soaring crude prices. Secretary...

I'm interested in purchasing a subcompact 5 sp for the phenominal gas
mileage.  However, I presently drive a Tahoe and I tend to bully these types
of cars on the highway.  My concern is that I will get a does of my own
medicine.  Is it common practice for others to intimidate ...

Has anyone here ever been helped by a cop in a way that any ordinary
citizen couldn't have done?  I have NEVER been helped by a cop by his
cop powers.   Sure they might stop if I'm stopped to "see what I'm
doing" but that's not help and if I needed help I could flag down a

Wow - for killing two people?  The 15-year license suspension is a joke.
She's 77 and in poor health.  Way too little, way too late.
http://www.patriotledger.com/archive/x356876693/Elderly-woman-pleads-guilty-gets
-probation-for-fatal-Brockton-Hospital-crash
Elderly woman pleads ...

Salut viatologues,
Nous avons aujourd'hui une nouvelle photo de l'Autoroute 4 en France
(...merci Nils Jeppe!):
http://wwtl.info/tmp/1906

We will be renting a car at about noon at Anhorage International
Airport and returning it about 8 pm that same day.  What is the most
scenic road trip that we could take, given that time frame?
Thanks for your help.

Supposedly it's national "Dump the Pump" day and everybody is supposed
to take public transit. Did you?